Singularity University Announces Winners of the First APAC Global Impact Challenge, Organized and Hosted in Partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - August 10th,
2018 - Singularity University (SU) has announced the winners of the first everAPAC Global Impact Challenge
(SingularityU GIC), a competition in partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) in
Taiwan.

Singularity University
announces winners of the first APAC Global Impact Challenge, organized and
hosted in partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena.

The SingularityU GIC was open to
applicants throughout the Asia-Pacific region with the challenge focused on Artificial
Intelligence (AI) application on the global grand challenges of energy,
environment, food, shelter, space, water, disaster resilience, governance,
health, learning, prosperity and security. Winners include:

SU Ventures Incubator
Program Winner: Vibrasee (TW), WeavAir (TW)

TIEC Special Award Winner:
aetherAI (TW)

TTA Special Award Winner:
BeamAndGo (SG)

TTA Special Award Winner:
FaceHeart (TW)

TTA Special Award Winner:
RehaPal (TW)

TTA Special Award Winner:
Rumarocket (PH)

TTA
serves as the sponsor and organizer of the APAC GIC and as such enables the SU
Ventures Award winners to attend SU's Ventures Incubator Program in Silicon
Valley in fall 2018, which will be from September 3rd to November 9th.

The winner of TIEC Special Award will get
sponsorship and support from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) of
Taiwan to development business in Silicon Valley, and the winners of TTA
Special Award will grant teams to access to TTA connection platform in deep
tech venture ecosystem and access to the newly renovated co-working of TTA in Taipei.

"We are truly amazed by the diversity and
quality of the participants in SingularityU APAC GIC, it is really great to see
the regional joint efforts to get the top minds together to solve big problems
with advanced technology," said Melissa Gonzales, program manager of SingularityU
GIC. "We are looking forward to having the winners to join SU Ventures
Incubator program; also look forward to the future collaboration with TTA."

"TTA program carries the charter to work
with innovators to use innovative intelligence and capabilities to build a
better world for human society," said Dr. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of
Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan. "The Ministry and TTA will be
willing to support talents and entrepreneurs from all over the world to make AI-focused,
moonshot innovation ideas come true."

ABOUT
SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY

Singularity University (SU) is a global
learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the
world's biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all. SU's
collaborative platform empowers individuals and organizations across the globe
to learn, connect, and innovate breakthrough solutions using accelerating
technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biology. A
certified benefit corporation headquartered at NASA Research Park in Silicon
Valley, SU was founded in 2008 by renowned innovators Ray Kurzweil and Peter H.
Diamandis with program funding from leading organizations including Google,
Deloitte, and UNICEF. To learn more, visitSU.org, join us onFacebook, follow us on Twitter @SingularityU,
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SU has successfully launched GICs in
scores of countries since the program began in 2010, to help drive solutions
for local and global challenges. These challenges act as a platform to identify
outstanding local entrepreneurs, leaders in science, engineering and business
with the most innovative ideas for positively impacting millions of lives, both
locally and globallythrough the use
of technology.

GIC are annual competitions held in
partnership with sponsor organizations worldwide and organized by geography and
theme. These challenges identify outstanding entrepreneurs, leaders,
scientists, and engineers with the most innovative ideas for moonshot
innovations and startups that can positively impact a billion people in 10
years. The winner of each challenge receives a full sponsorship to attend our
transformational Global Solutions Program.

ABOUT
SPONSOR: TAIWAN TECH ARENA (TTA)

TTA is a tech innovation and
entrepreneurship program which aims to connect the whole tech startup ecosystem
under one dome. Its main mission is to
foster tech entrepreneurship, innovation, and build a vibrant international
tech startup ecosystem in Taiwan.

TTA hopes to attract global and domestic
talents and actively foster the innovation of technology industries by building
a co-creation platform for startups, accelerators, venture capital, and corporate
partners under one dome.

Through sponsorship of SingularityU APAC GIC
2018, TTA is seeking to cultivate and work with innovators who have the
ambition and passion to solve the main social problems with new technologies
such as artificial intelligence and IoT; and have the vision to positively
impact the lives of millions of people around the world.

Launched in 2018, TTA is funded and
executed by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) with Industrial
Technology and Research Institute (ITRI) as the main operator of the program.

A.Dr.
Ted Kuo, CEO of Pervasive AI Research Labs (PAIR
Labs), sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Dr.
Ted Kuo is an expert in IoT, Cloud application and Network. He is a serial
entrepreneur in Silicon Valley who has founded companies like Vovtel Networks,
Janusys Networks, Airespider Networks and PowerCommand System. Used to work in IBM,
Bay Networks, Cisco, Redback, Xerox PARC and D-Link. Dr. Kuo is currently a
visiting professor of Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung
University.

B.Dr.
Arthur Huang, CEO of MOST Joint Research Center for AI
Technology and All Vista Healthcare (AINTU)

Dr.
Huang has a computer science and information engineering and biotechnology
academic background. He is now focusing on leading domestic research teams
specialized in Bio and Medicine to advance the current level of domestic
medicine, and in turn to improve the health and well-being of our fellow people.

Dr.
Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia
University in New York. His work on self-aware and self-replicating robots
challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media
coverage. Dr. Lipson directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways
to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.

D.Dr.
Chun-Hao Huang, Founder and CEO of Clinicai;
Singularity University Alumnus of 2015

Dr.
Chun-Hao Huang is a cancer biologist, genetic engineer and AI entrepreneur. He
is also an UNLEASH Sustainable Development Goals Talent and Winner and a Fellow
of the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Dr. Huang pioneered the
establishment of fast and flexible genetically engineered mouse models using
gene silencing and editing technologies, and led the discovery of therapeutic
strategies for treating liver cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Ms.
Melissa Gonzales is a collaborative professional with a background in program
management, operations, customer service, data analytics, and event coordination
with experience in nonprofit organizations, benefit corporations, and startup
settings within the fields of art, film/media, culture, education,
entrepreneurship, and science and technology.

2.Finalists of 2018
SingularityU APAC Global Impact Challenge

Project Name

Team/ CompanyName

Country

Focused Area

Project Description

Official Website

TeamFlow Emotional
Wellness

Individual: Aya Terasawa

Myanmar

Biotechnology

To prevent and do early stage intervention of
emotional crisis and emotional challenges with AI + empathetic tech.